Hardcore

Hardcore is gameplay option featured in several installments of the Battlefield Series. Its overall purpose is to provide a more realistic gameplay experience to players by limiting HUD and is available for all gamemodes.

The Hardcore option in Battlefield 3 functions similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet does feature some differences. Players have the option to search for hardcore only servers in the server browser while owners of servers can customize what gameplay features are affected by the hardcore option during gameplay.